Black Stork Webcam Discussion ~ Tiit & Tiina~ 2012

[baska]

June 8th

Good morning to everybody!

Feeding by Tiina at 8:17 h



Hello George (may I say George or better Macko???)
Again and again: thank you for all your nice videos! This time I liked the one of June 6th the most with the hail.

Ame, you are right: they are growing increadibly fast! I am surprised each time I look at them.

[baska]

Oh, Lussi, good morning!
We had the same idea at the same time!
I don't know, what happened in the afternoon. I wasn't here until late.
I didn't see either what Tiina brought. She was immediately surrounded by the chicks.

[Lussi05]

Oh, Lussi, good morning!
We had the same idea at the same time!
I don't know, what happened in the afternoon. I wasn't here until late.
I didn't see either what Tiina brought. She was immediately surrounded by the chicks.

Hallo baska Yes, the meals tend to be chaos, and the storklets seemed to be very hungry I have to go, have a nice day

[juta]

It´s a wonderful morning here in Estonia(at last!). Good day for fishing and hunting for storks´ parents.

[macko50]

Good morning Everybody!

Hello baska and juta!

baska it's your turn :) George is my name and Macko is my hungarian nickname.

8:17 Feeding

[beans]

It's wonderful to see these babies! I haven't watched for a few weeks because I have to stay up late to see the nest!

Does anyone have dates eggs laid and dates eggs hatched?

[macko50]

It's wonderful to see these babies! I haven't watched for a few weeks because I have to stay up late to see the nest!

Does anyone have dates eggs laid and dates eggs hatched?

Hello beans!

The dates from the first page :

Egg 1 - April 14 - hatched May 20 (out of shell at 6:00 AM)
Egg 2 - April 16 - hatched May 20 (out of shell at 9:02 AM)
Egg 3 - April 18 - hatched May 20 (out of shell at 9:32 AM)
Egg 4 - April 20 - did not hatch (pip was seen, but chick did not make it through hatch process)

[beans]

Thank you very much. :) I'm uploading a video of the youngsters waking up, and I like to include information about dates eggs laid and hatched.

[beans]

[asteria]

Yesterday I tried to look up how old were the chicks from last year when they were left alone at night for the first time but couldn't do that, because the cam was disconnected too often at the time.

[macko50]

9:42 Feeding. Tiit brought nice, big fishes :)

As I see Tiit is better fisher as Tiina :)



11:42 Feeding
12:40 Feeding

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[macko50]

Yesterday I tried to look up how old were the chicks from last year when they were left alone at night for the first time but couldn't do that, because the cam was disconnected too often at the time.

asteria,

Kuremari wrote in the diary of the season 2008:

"June 01
Today the storklets spend their very first night without their parents."

Chicks was born in 2008:
maj 13., maj 14., maj15.

I think it was normal in case of our storklets too :)

A photo from this time. Storklets spent the night alone. 04.06.2008.

[asteria]

Macko, thanks. So storklets are left alone when they are about 2,5 weeks.

[macdoum]

Asteria,I doubt the storklets are alone. The parents are probably on a branch nearby,if I remember right..
They grow so fast. Its great that enough food has been available so far.

[asteria]

Asteria,I doubt the storklets are alone. The parents are probably on a branch nearby,if I remember right..
They grow so fast. Its great that enough food has been available so far.

Now Tiit is on the branch indeed but yesterday evening I didn't see the parents.

Yes, the chicks are very big and it is still hard to differ them.

[Lussi05]

Kuremari wrote in the diary of the season 2008:

"June 01
Today the storklets spend their very first night without their parents."

Chicks was born in 2008:
maj 13., maj 14., maj15.

I think it was normal in case of our storklets too :)

A photo from this time. Storklets spent the night alone. 04.06.2008.
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Macko, thank you for this information, now we don't have to worry so much
19:13 - Parent on the branch, Tiit?. Their black feathers are more and more visible..

[Felis silvestris]

I think the other evening there actually was something/body around, as the storklets were making their "warning" noise (as I know form the time Urmas visited for ringing last year)
It's dark, that's why it's not possible to see more than the white of the storklets, but one can hear their warning a couple of times (that's how I became aware of it)

[asteria]

Tiina is now in the nest with chicks, standing on one leg and .

[Felis silvestris]

Oh my, it is pouring! They are miserable, as they don't all fit under anymore!

[baska]

June 9th

Good morning!



Ja, they look quite soaked, Felis Silvestris. It is really a dangerous period: at the present time they are too big to fit completely underneith the parentstork, but the feathers aren't water-repellent yet...
But the rain will soon go. (I looked at the radar)

(In southern Germany and the Netherlands it is carastrophecally these days: many storklet died because it doesn't stop raining...)